ML Ch 5 Digestive System & Nutrition Glossary

a-

without, not

all-

strange, other, different

anti-

against

bi-

two, twice, double

de-

from, take away, out of, without

epi-

upon

mal-

bad; inadequate

peri-

around

post-

after

re-

back, again

syn-

together

trans-

across, through

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

sub-

under, below

absorbt

to swallow

anastom/o-

to join together

append

appendix

aspirat

remove by suction

bil

bile

body

body, mass, substance

bar

weight, pressure

cec

cecum

celi

abdomen

chlor

green

chol

bile

chromat

color

col

colon

contract

to draw together; tighten

constip

to press together

constrict

narrow

cusp

point

cyst

bladder, sac

dent

tooth

digest

to break down

diverticul

byroad

duoden

duodenum; twelve

ease

normal function

elimin

to throw (away), to expel

enter

intestine

erg

work, action

esophag

esophagus

flux

flow

gall

bile

gen

produce, create

gingiv

gums
ex: gingivitis

gloss

tongue

glottis

mouth of windpipe

gurgit

flood

halit

breath

hem

blood

hepat

liver

herni

hernia, rupture

hiat

opening

hydr

water

ile

ileum

ingest

carry in

intestin

gut, intestine

lapar

abdomen

lax/a

looseness

lingu

tongue

lip

fat, lipid

lith

stone

lys

decompose, split, dissolve

mandibul

jaw

mastic

to chew

muscosa

lining of a cavity

odont

tooth

or

mouth

pancreat

pancreas

pepsin

pepsin (an enzyme)

perforat

bore through

peritone

to stretch over, peritoneum

phagia

swallowing, eating

polyp

polyp

prand

meal

proct

anus and rectum

pylor

[gatekeeper] pylorus

py

pus

reflex

to reflect back; bend back

rect

rectum

saliv

saliva

script

writing, thing copied

sigmoid

sigmoid colon

stomat

mouth, opening

stalsis

constrict

ulcer

sore

viscer

internal organs

-al

pertaining to

-alis

pertaining to

-ant

pertaining to

-ate

pertaining to

-atic

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-itic

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-ary

pertaining to

-ation

process

-atric

treatment